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FREDERICK    MORGAN   CRUNDEN 


A  MEMORIAL  BIBLIOGRAPHY 


EDITED  BY 
ARTHUR  E.  BOSTWICK 


ST.  LOUIS  PUBLIC  UBRARY 
1914 


IIBRARY 
SCHOOL 


Thou  art,  O  man,  but  half  what  Nature  at   thy   birth 
Made   thee, — and    half   what    thou    hast    made   thyself   on   earth. 
She   laid  the  building-ground   thou   canst  not   change   one   jot; 
'Tis    thine   to  build    thereon   a    shapely    house,   or   not. 
To    that  thou   canst    do   naught, — with   this   hast   all    to  do; 
Thou  need'st   not    rust  nor  rest,  with   this   great   work   in   view. 
«^  Rest  not   till   thou   hast   made   right   what   is   wrong   in   thee, — 

And   what  is   false  and  weak,  made   true  and   strong  in  thee. 
This   cannot   be   too  soon,   nor   yet    too   late  begun; 
The  making  of  a  man  's  a  work  that  's  never  done. 

Ruckert:     Wisdom    of    the    Brahmin. 

A    favorite   quotation,    used  by    Mr.    Crunden   in   one   of   his   addresses, 
to  the  Library   staff. 


PREFACE 

In  this  little  book  are  gathered  tributes 
to  Mr.  Crunden  from  various  sources, 
official  and  personal,  together  with  a  list  of 
all  his  papers,  articles  and  addresses, 
published  or  in  manuscript,  with  a  brief 
explanatory  note  about  each. 


A.  E.  B. 


ST.  LOUIS  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 
February.  1914 


314298 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Preface    Page     1 

Tributes    "        7 

Annotated  list  of  Addresses  and   Papers   "      33 

Index    "       61 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 


Portrait    Frontispiece 

Portal    of   St.    Louis    Public    Library,    Showing    In- 
scription     Page  17 

Reduced  Fac-simile  Title-Page    "      35 

Reduced   Fac-simile  Letter    "      49 


TRIBUTES  TO 
FREDERICK  MORGAN  CRUNDEN 


EXCERPT  FROM  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF 
THE  ST.  LOUIS  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  1911- 
'12. 

On  October  28,  1911,  Frederick  Morgan  Crunden, 
former  Librarian  of  this  Library,  passed  away,  after 
an  illness  of  several  years,  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital  in 
this  city.  At  a  special  meeting,  held  on  that  same 
day,  the  Board  of  Directors  adopted  the  following 
resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Public  Li- 
brary of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  on  the  death  of  Frederick 
Morgan  Crunden,  the  father  of  the  Public  Library,  and  for 
thirty-two  years  its  Librarian,  desires  to  record  its  grateful 
recognition  of  the  great  and  disinterested  part  that  he 
played  in  developing  the  Public  Library  System  of  this  city 
and  in  placing  it  on  the  secure  foundation  where  it  stands 
today. 

A  practical  idealist,  Mr.  Crunden  early  recognized  the  im- 
portance and  necessity  of  the  free  library  as  a  means  of 
advancing  popular  education;  and  his  remarkable  energy 
and  perseverance,  added  to  genius  for  the  proseciition  of 
the  special  kind  of  work  to  which  he  devoted  his  life,  en- 
abled him  to  attain  his  ends  in  the  face  of  discouragement 
and  obstacles  that  might  well  have  disheartened  him. 
Forced  to  leave  the  life-work  that  he  loved,  at  a  time  when 
his  dearest  wishes  and  dreams  for  it  were  on  the  point  of 
realization,  he  retained,  in  the  confinement  and  pain  of  years 
of  illness,  his  affectionate  interest  in  it  and  his  hope  and 
confidence  for  its  future.  His  name,  given  to  one  of  its 
most  useful  branches,  and  his  words,  fittingly  carved  over 
the  portals  of  the  new  building  where  all  may  see  them,  will 
be  perpetual  reminders  to  the  citizens  of  St.  Louis  of  his 
unselfish  devotion  to  them  and  of  the^  effective  labor  in 
which  he  wore  himself  out  in  their  service. 

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FREDERICK     MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

RESOLUTION  ADOPTED  BY  THE  AMERI- 
CAN LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION  AT  ITS 
ANNUAL  CONFERENCE  HELD  IN  OT- 
TAWA, CANADA,  JUNE  26th— JULY  2d, 
1912. 

Frederick  Morgan  Crunden  was  born  at  Gravesend,  Eng- 
land, Sept.  1,  1847,  the  son  of  Benjamin  Robert  and  Mary 
(Morgan*)  Crunden.  Coming  to  St.  Louis  while  a  child,  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city  and  gradu- 
ated from  its  high  school  in  1865,  with  a  scholarship  in 
Washington  University.  In  the  latter  institution  he  took  a 
course  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  graduating  in  1S68  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Teaching  in  the  public  schools 
of  St.  Louis  before  graduation,  and  later  in  the  college  fac- 
ulty of  the  same  university,  he  received  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  in  1872. 

His  marriage  to  Miss  Kate  Edmondson  was  in  1889.  Dur- 
mg  his  college  course,  Mr.  Crunden  took  a  vital  interest  in 
library  work,  and  in  January,  1877,  he  became  secretary  and 
librarian  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  (then  Public  School)  Li- 
brary, continuing  as  such  until  1909. 

Equally  identified  with  many  other  sociclic.>;,  local  and 
national,  he  had  been  a  contributor  to  leading  magazines 
upon  educational  and  sociological  subjects  and  had  attained 
international  fame  before  he  was  stricken  in  190G  with  the 
malady  which  resulted  in  his  death,  Oct.  28,  1911. 

Mr.  Crunden's  public  services  were  by  no  means  confined 
to  the  distinctively  library  interests  of  his  community  and 
the  country.     He   was  particularly  interested  in  the  mutual 

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A     MEMORIAL     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

relations  of  schools  and  libraries,  developing  them  in  St. 
Louis  in  a  manner  which  served  as  a  model  for  others,  and 
contributing  largely  to  the  evolution  of  the  present  official 
relations  of  the  National  Education  Association  and  the 
American  Library  Association. 

In  his  public  writing  he  has  expressed  most  clearly  and 
happily  the  fundamental  principles  of  these  relations,  and 
it  is  a  great  pleasure  to  his  friends,  as  it  was  to  him  in  the 
last  days  of  his  life,  to  know  that  his  statement  of  the 
value  of  recorded  thought  has  been  carved  in  granite  on 
the  walls  of  his  cherished  institution.  Nevertheless,  it  was 
to  library  work  that  the  greater  oart  of  his  time  and 
thought  was  given,  and  it  is  the  success  of  his  work  as  a 
constructive  librarian  that  naturally  we  most  fully  recog- 
nize. He  combined  high  executive  ability  with  a  compre- 
hensive knowledge  of  the  contents  of  the  collections  under 
his  charge.  He  had  that  sense  of  the  real  librarian  which 
has  been  said  to  be  "an  intensive  perception  of  the  needs 
of  the  present,  and  a  prophetic  insight  into  the  needs  of  the 
future.'' 

He  worked  zealously  and  unceasingly,  first  for  the  broad- 
ening of  the  work  of  the  St.  Louis  public  schools  library, 
then  for  its  conversion  into  a  free  public  library,  and  fin- 
ally for  its  development  into  a  strong  institution,  ranking 
among  the  great  libraries  of  the  land.  It  is  pleasant  to 
know  that  even  in  the  last  years  he  was  able  at  times  to 
follow  its  course  along  the  lines  forecast  by  him,  and  that 
he  could  realize  the  high  appreciation  of  his  services  so  gen- 
erally felt  by  his  fellow  citizens. 

Almost  in  the  beginning  of  his  library  career  he  began 
also  his  services  to  the  American  Library  Association, 
which  were  secondary  only  to  the  work  he  did  for  St.  Louis. 

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KREDERICK     MORGAN     CRUNDEN 

He  attended  first  the  Boston  conference  in  1879,  and  rare- 
ly after  that  did  he  miss  a  meeting.  Elected  councillor  in 
1882,  he  served  the  Association  almost  continuously  until 
his  illness.  He  was  vice-president  in  1887-1888,  and  under 
his  presidency  the  Fabyans  conference  of  1890  took  rank  as 
the  largest  and  one  of  the  most  successful  meetings  held  up 
to  that  time.  When  the  Association  met  at  St.  Louis  in 
1889,  and  again  in  1904,  he  was  a  most  thoughtful  host, 
whose  care  for  our  welfare  contributed  largely  to  the  suc- 
cess of  those  meetings.  He  served  also  as  one  of  the  vice- 
presidents  of  the  Chicago  conference  in  1893,  and  as  vice- 
president  of  the  international  library  conference  at  London 
in  1897,  and  was  one  of  the  chief  spokesmen  of  the  Asso- 
ciation party.  This  list  of  offices  by  no  means  measures 
the  debt  of  the  Association  to  him.  The  much  longer  list 
of  committees  on  which  he  served  would  indicate  better 
the  character  and  breadth  of  his  work,  but  even  this  would 
leave  unexpressed  the  professional  knowledge  and  the  per- 
sonal pleasure  gained  from  his  companionship  by  the  in- 
dividual  members. 

This  sense  of  personal  loss  must  be  felt  by  all  who  met 
him  in  the  other  library  circles  in  which  he  was  interested, 
especially  the  Missouri  State  Library  Association,  of  which 
he  was  the  first  president,  and  the  New  York  State  Library 
Association,   whose  annual   meetings   he   so  often  attended. 

No  member  of  the  A.  L.  A.  of  his  day  had  a  wider  and 
closer  personal  acquaintance  among  the  membership  than 
Mr.  Crunden.  He  had  a  spirit  of  friendliness  and  human 
sympathy  which  prompted  him  to  take  hold  upon  the 
hearts  of  those  with  whom  he  was  brought  into  contact  in 
his  profession.  He  had  no  ambitions  which  inclined  him 
to  self-seeking,  but  was  always  quick  to  recognize  the 
merits   of  others  and   to  give    acknowledgment    freely    and 

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A  MEMORIAI^  BIBUOGRAPHY 

heartily.  He  was  naturally  of  a  modest  and  retiring  dis- 
position, but  wholly  without  self-consciousness  or  reserve. 
He  looked  upon  every  question  with  frankness,  unbiased 
by  any  considerations  outside  of  its  true  merits  as  approved 
by  his  mature  judgment.  He  held  his  views  firmly,  but  he 
never  undertook  to  force  them  upon  others.  His  many  fine 
qualities  of  mind  and  heart  are  a  source  of  joy  to  all  who 
recall  the  memory  of  him  as  he  was  in  the  midst  of  his 
long  and  brilliant  career.  His  more  intimate  friends  recall 
with  wonder  the  patience  with  which  he  bore  the  strain  of 
the  years  of  ill  health  which  preceeded  the  final  breakdown, 
and  remember  with  gratitude  his  gracious  hospitality. 


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l-RKDKRICK     MORGAN     CRUXDEN 

EXTRACT  FROM  THE    LIBRARY   JOURNAL. 
NOVEMBER,  1011,  IWGES  r>G9-'70. 

Frederick  Morgan  Crunden,  librarian  of  the  St.  Louis 
rublic  Library  for  32  years  (1ST7-Ht09),  died  Saturday,  Oc- 
tober 28,  at  12:40  a.  m.,  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  St.  Louis, 
where  he  had  been  a  patient  for  nearly  five  years.  In  1906 
Mr.  Crunden  was  first  stricken  with  the  malady  which  has 
resulted  in  his  death.  Though  he  has  rallied  several  times, 
hope  of  entire  recovery  was  long  .since  given  up  by  his  phy- 
sicians and  intimate  associates.  Mrs.  Crunden,  his  wife 
and  devoted  nurse  and  companion  during  his  long  illness, 
survives  him.  For  three  years  after  his  breakdown  Mr. 
Crunden  still  held  the  position  of  librarian  of  the  St.  Louis 
Public  Library,  of  which  his  resignation  was  not  accepted 
until  1909,  when  Dr.  Arthur  E.  Bostwick,  of  New  York  City, 
succecdfd  him.  Mr.  Crunden  was  born  in  Gravcsend,  Eng- 
land, September  1,  1847,  the  son  of  Benjamin  R.  and  Mary 
Crunden.  Coming  to  St.  Louis  while  a  child,  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  the  city  and  graduated  from 
high  school  in  1865  with  a  Washington  University  scholar- 
ship. He  took  a  course  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  receiving 
a  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  in  1876.  During  his  college 
course  Mr.  Crunden  took  a  vital  interest  in  library  work, 
and  in  1877  he  was  selected  as  secretary  and  librarian  for 
the  St.  Louis  Public  Library,  then  a  small  and  inefficiently 
housed  collection  of  books  the  usage  of  which  was  subject 
to  charge.  To  the  realization  and  development  of  the  pub- 
lic library  system  Mr.  Crunden  consecrated  his  life.  He 
was  accorded  national  recognition  in  18S9.  when  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  .\merican  Library  Association.  In 
1K97   he  was  made  vicc-i)rcsident    of    tlu-     International    Li- 

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A     MEMORIAIv     BIBUOGRAPIIY 

brary  Conference  at  London.  He  was  a  member  of  council 
of  the  American  Library  Association,  of  the  American  Li- 
brary Institute,  the  Missouri  Historical  Society,  and  had 
written  many  articles  for  leading  magazines. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  library  board  on  the  day  of 
his  death,  resolutions,  as  quoted  below,  were  adopted,  and 
it  was  ordered  that  all  library  buildings  should  be  closed 
until  4  p.  m.  on  the  afternoon  of  the  funeral.  The  flags  in 
front  of  the  unfinished  library  building  were  half-masted  as 
soon  as  the  news  of  Mr.  Crunden's  death  reached  the  li- 
brary. 

The  funeral  was  held  in  the  Church  of  the  Messiah  (Uni- 
tarian) at  Union  and  Von  Versen  Avenues,  on  Sunday,  Oc- 
tober 29,  at  3  p.  m.  Owing  to  the  illness  of  the  pastor. 
Rev.  John  W.  Day,  the  services  were  conducted  by  Rev. 
George   R.   Dodson,  of  the  Church  of  the  Unity. 

The  honorary  pallbearers  were  George  R.  Carpenter,  John 
F.  Lee,  William  Maffitt,  Hon.  O'Neill  Ryan,  Joseph  H. 
Zumbalen,  J.  Lawrence  Mauran  and  H.  N.  Davis,  all  mem- 
bers of  the  library  board;  Dr.  Arthur  E.  Bostwick,  the  li- 
brarian, and  Dr.  Clement  W.  Andrews,  of  the  John  Crerar 
Library,  Chicago.  The  active  pallbearers,  chosen  from 
the  staff  of  the  public  library,  were  Paul  Blackwelder,  An- 
drew Linn  Bostwick,  Jesse  Cunningham,  Leonard  Balz, 
John  L.  Parker  and  Albert  Diephuis. 

The  church  was  filled  with  a  congregation  of  representa- 
tive St.  Louisans.  Flowers,  which  were  numerous  and 
beautiful,  included  a  huge  sheaf  of  white  chrysanthemums 
from  the  library  board  and  a  large  wreath  and  an  open 
book  of  carnations  from  members  of  the  library  staff. 

[The  resolutions  adopted  by  the  board  are  given  in  full 
on  page  9.] 

It  was  a  curious  coincidence  that  almost    exactly    as    the 

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FREDERICK    MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

news  of  Mr.  Crunden's  death  and  the  order  for  half-masting 
the  flags  reached  the  new  library  building,  the  workman  de- 
tailed to  cut  the  inscription  on  the  pediment  was  just  put- 
ting his  chisel  into  the  first  word  of  the  excerpts  from  Mr. 
Crunden's  addresses,  which  are  to  be  placed  there. 

This  inscription  reads  as  follows: 

The  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis.  Re- 
corded thought  is  our  chief  heritage  from  the  past,  the 
most  lasting  legacy  ive  can  leave  to  the  future.  Books 
are  the  most  enduring  monument  of  vian's  achievements. 
Only  through  books  can  civilisation  become  cumulative. 
Frederick  M.  Crunden. 


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A     MEMORIAL,     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

EDITORIAL   IN    THE    LIBRARY    JOURNAL, 
NOVEMBER,  1911,  PAGE  541. 

The  death  of  Frederick  M.  Crunden  closes  a  pathetic 
postscript  to  a  vigorous  and  effective  life.  Mr.  Crunden  rose 
to  a  proud  position  in  the  library  world  because  of  his  alert 
mind,  administrative  power,  wide  outlook,  and  far  fore- 
sight, and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  senior  living 
ex-president  of  the  A.  L.  A.  Melvil  Dewey,  now  the  senior 
living  ex-president,  has  sent  fitting  tribute  to  his  predeces- 
sor, which  we  print  elsewhere.  Mr.  Crunden  developed  for 
St.  Louis  a  creditable  public  library  system  before  either 
New  York  or  Brooklyn  had  reached  equal  development,  and 
he  made  his  library  one  of  the  radiating  centres  of  library 
progress  and  influence.  He  was  at  the  height  of  his  own 
power  and  influence,  and  had  just  been  recognized  as  a  pow- 
er in  the  state  by  his  appointment  as  a  commissioner  to  re- 
vise methods  of  taxation  in  Missouri,  when  as  the  result  of 
nervous  overstrain  on  the  eve  of  his  departure  for  a  rest  in 
Europe,  the  blow  suddenly  came,  which  sundered  him  from 
his  work  though  never  from  the  esteem  and  affection  of  the 
library  profession.  More  than  once  he  nearly  recovered, 
and  he  had  the  satisfaction  of  again  being  himself  when  the 
plans  for  the  new  St.  Louis  Public  Library  building  were 
finally  approved.  Pathetically,  from  time  to  time,  it  was 
evident  that  recovery  was  not  complete,  and  the  sense  that 
he  could  never  regain  full  powers  mitigates  his  death.  His 
colleagues  had  a  special  affection  for  his  generous  and  affec- 
tionate personality,  and  they  will  long  mourn  his  loss. 


FREDERICK     MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

EDITORIAL  FROM  PUBLIC  LIBRARIES,  DE- 
CEMBER, 1911,  PAGES  436-'7. 

TITE  PASSING  OF  FREDERICK   I^I.   CRUXDEN. 

To  few  librarians  has  it  been  given  to  see  so  nearly  the 
fulfillment  of  the  plans  of  their  life  work  as  was  the  case 
with  the  late  Frederick  M.  Crunden.  for  many  years  librarian 
of  the  St.   Louis  public  library. 

He  took  up  the  public  library  service  after  coming  to  the 
full  of  his  intellectual  powers,  in  a  community  where  a  life 
of  scholarly  and  artistic  pursuit  from  his  earliest  youth  had 
given  him  a  leadership  in  the  literary  and  educational  circles 
of  the  place,  where  his  amiable  disposition,  his  adaptability 
and  the  courage  of  his  convictions  had  already  won  for  him 
not  only  personal  regard,  but  a  belief  in  and  assistance  for 
his  plans  of  social  betterment. 

His  faith  in  the  power  of  the  public  library  as  the  chief 
instrument  in  the  education  of  the  people  was  a  powerful 
influence  in  the  development  of  a  similar  spirit  among  the 
strong  members  of  the  community  in  which  he  lived  and 
rarely  did  he  fail  in  winning  moral  and  financial  support 
from  those  in  authority  to  carry  out  his  wishes  and  plans 
for  the  St.  Louis  public  library.  It  is  today  in  all  its  splen- 
did equipment,  in  its  plan  of  high  power  and  fine  regard 
among  the  people  of  that  city  his  most  elociuent  monu- 
ment. He  lived  long  enough  to  witness  an  expression  of 
regard  on  the  part  of  the  library  authorities  and  of  the  gen- 
eral public,  spoken  freely,  printed  large  and  carved  in 
stone.  Then  he  died.  Where  is  there  room  for  regret 
save  naturally  in  the  lives  of  those  who  will  miss  th.it  rare 
companionship  and  sympathetic  interest  which  were  so 
freely  given  to  thcjse  whom  he  loved? 

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A     MEMORIAL,     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Mr.  Crunden's  contribution  to  library  development  has 
not  been  confined  to  his  own  city.  "Every  man  is  a  debt- 
or to  his  profession"  was  a  frequent  remark  in  his  public 
speech  and  he  lived  up  to  his  creed.  He  gave  fully  and 
freely  of  his  talent  and  influence  to  the  general  advance- 
ment of  the  library  movement  everywhere.  After  Melvil 
Dewey,  with  whom  he  was  a  close  and  steadfast  friend  to 
the  last,  he  was,  perhaps,  the  best  known  American,  per- 
sonally and  professionally,  to  British  librarians  and  an  ap- 
preciated contributor  to  the  library  literature  of  England, 
before  he  was  stricken.  The  American  library  institute  was 
a  favorite  idea  of  his  for  j^cars  before  it  was  carried  into 
eflfect,  the  American  library  association  was  always  the  re- 
cipient of  his  most  loyal  devotion  and  efforts,  the  various 
state  associations  were  always  his  care  and  delight,  the  li- 
brary department  of  the  N.  E.  A.  received  his  constant 
help  and  attention,  and  no  worthy  library  movement  any- 
where but  was  always  sure  of  his  help.  He  allowed  no 
gathering  of  thoughtful  people  to  meet  within  his  circle 
of  influence  without  effectively  bringing  to  their  notice  the 
help  which  libraries  might  render  their  cause,  and  his  own 
library  justified  his  theories.  He  preached,  and  he  prac- 
ticed what  he  preached.  Harvests  from  his  seed-sowing 
will  be  garnered  for  long  years  to  come. 

Public  Libraries  owes  much  to  his  friendship  and  sup- 
port. His  wise  counsel  was  a  tower  of  strength  to  the 
periodical  in  its  early  years,  and  his  sympathy  and  loyalty 
to  its  principles  have  been  valuable  aids  always. 

No  inexperienced  or  perplexed  librarian  ever  went  to 
him  for  advice  or  sympathy  but  came  away  strengthened 
and  encouraged,  even  though  he  may  have  pointed  out  their 
delinquencies. 

Thinking  of  his  creed,  one  can  say  truthfully  of  Mr. 
Crunden,  he  paid  the  fullest  of  his  debt  to  his  profession. 

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TRIBUTE  FROM  DR.  MELVIL  DEWEY,  COM- 
MUNICATED TO  THE  LIBRARY  JOUR- 
NAL, NOVEMBER,  1911,  PAGE  570. 

Perhaps  no  man  in  the  history  of  the  A.  L.  A.  has  had 
more  or  warmer  personal  friends  than  our  senior  ex-pres- 
ident. For  more  than  a  quarter  century  he  gave  his  life 
with  rare  unselfishness  to  the  work  he  had  chosen  as  most 
helpful  to  his  fellows. 

The  old  proverb  that  a  prophet  is  not  without  honor  save 
in  his  own  country  broke  down  with  him,  for  St.  Louis  has 
from  first  to  last  been  proud  to  record  on  all  occasions  its 
appreciation  of  a  favorite  son,  who  had  done  more  perhaps 
than  any  other  single  man  to  make  life  better  worth  living 
for  great  numbers  of  its  population.  The  inscription,  which 
is  a  quotation  from  one  of  his  addresses,  and  which  the 
trustees  have  decided  to  carve  in  granite  over  ihe  main  en- 
trance to  the  magnificent  new  building,  a  paragraph  from 
one  of  Mr.  Crunden's  library  addresses  before  the  Round 
Table  Club  of  St.  Louis  27  years  ago,  is  significant  as  stand- 
ing for  what  he  said  at  the  beginning  of  his  active  library 
career^  and  which  so  fully  expressed  what  he  would  say  at 
the  end.  It  sums  up  the  gist  of  many  volumes  and  many 
addres.^es  expressing  our  highest  ideals  of  our  calling.  On 
the  same  building  is  carved  another  inscription  from  the 
greatest  library  giver  of  all  history,  a  fit  recognition  of 
Mr.  Carnegie's  gift.  Below  the  two  inscriptions  might  well 
be  carved:  "One  gave  a  million  dollars,  the  other  gave  his 
life.''  The  work  of  Frederick  M.  Crunden  and  this  palace 
of  books,  its  fitting  monument,  will  always  be  an  inspira- 
tion to  every  librarian,  young  or  old,  who  has  in  his  heart 

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A     MEMORIAL     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

that  unselfish   spirit  which  guided  all   of  F.    M.    Crunden's 

life   and  without   which   no  librarian   can   ever  do    the    best 
and  highest  type  of  work. 

September  20,  1911.  M.  D. 


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FREDERICK    MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

LETTER  FROM  DR.  MELVTL  DEWEY  TO 
PUBLIC  LIBRARIES,  DECEMBER.  1911. 
PAGES  437-'8. 

A  little  after  we  founded  the  A.  L.  A.  in  1876,  there 
came  to  us  from  St.  Louis  the  brain  and  big  heart  that  won 
instant  recognition  and  enduring  leadership.  For  years  he 
has  been  our  senior  living  ex-president.  For  a  third  of  a 
century  I  have  worked  intimately  with  the  rare  man  who 
has  just  left  us.  We  have  discussed  a  thousand  matters  but 
never  once  have  I  heard  from  his  lips  an  argument  or 
suggestion  based  on  selfishness.  His  thought  was  ever 
the  greatest  good  of  the  greatest  number  and  for  that  he 
was  always  ready  to  sacrifice  his  own  interests  in  a  way 
sadly  rare  in  these  days  of  self-seeking.  Those  who  shared 
his  friendship  are  better  men  and  women;  the  A.  L.  A.  is 
stronger  and  has  higher  ideals;  and  a  good  bit  of  the 
Master's  vineyard  is  a  better  world  to  live  in  because  of 
the  intluence  of  his  earnest  life. 

After  the  awful  blow  fell  and  he  went  out  of  our  lives 
without  a  moment's  warning,  we  who  loved  and  admired 
him,  and  that  meant  all  that  had  the  rare  privilege  of  his 
friendship,  hoped  against  hope  that  he  might  come  back 
to  us.  After  five  weary  heart-breaking  years  there  was  a 
rift  in  the  black  clouds  as  if  he  had  been  permitted  to  re- 
turn to  earth  long  enough  to  see  with  mortal  eyes  some  of 
the  wonderful  fruitage  from  the  seed  his  hand  had  planted. 

He  saw  the  beautiful  F.  M.  Crunden  branch  library,  a 
conspicuous  leader  among  similar  institutions  because  of 
services  to  all  the  people,  unusual  even  for  the  best  of 
these   People's    Colleges.     He    saw   the   great   central    build- 

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A     MEMORIAL,     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

ing,    the    crowning   movement   of     his    long     life     work,     the 
special  pride  of  the  St.  Louis  for  which  he  did  so  much. 

He  saw  carved  in  granite  above  the  main  entrance  of  this 
temple  a  motto  chosen  by  a  wise  committee  from  the  whole 
field  of  literature,  a  telling  extract  from  one  of  his  own 
many  addresses. 

He  saw  a  whole  great  city  loyal  still  to  the  memory  of 
the  man  whose  life  had  made  that  city  a  better  home. 

It  was  not  for  him  to  remain  through  the  harvest  that 
came  from  his  planting,  but  like  Moses,  he  had  his  brief 
space  on  the  mountain  top  and  at  last  his  eyes  swept  over 
the  promised  land  to  which  he  had  so  strenuously  led  his 
people.  Then  after  this  brief  inspiring  vision  his  great 
heart  swelled  out  in  a  prayer  that  was  quickly  answered, 
"Now,  Lord,  lettest  thou  thy  servant  depart  in  peace,  for 
mine  eyes  have  seen  the  growing  fruit  of  all  my  labors." 

Dewey. 


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EXTRACT  FROM  THE  ADDRESS  OF  DR. 
HERBERT  PUTNAM,  LIBRARIAN  OF 
CONGRESS,  DELIVERED  AT  THE  FOR- 
MAL OPENING  OF  THE  NEW  CENTRAL 
BUILDING,  JAN.  6,  1912. 

As  a  librarian  I  rejoice  also  that  the  institution  for  which 
this  building  provides  will  permanently  memorialize  another 
name — of  one  who  gave  to  it  another  sort  of  wealth — the 
wealth  of  patient,  passionate,  personal,  public  service.  Of 
such  a  service  as  his,  memorials  are  rare — or  rarely  visible: 
for  the  task  of  an  administrator  is  to  merge  himself  in  his 
work;  and  his  success  as  an  administrator  will  in  a  way  be 
proportioned  to  the  success  of  his  effort  to  do  so.  He  is 
endeavoring  to  shape  something  larger  than  himself  and 
more  lasting:  to  embody  an  ideal  which  he  does  not  pos- 
sess, but  which  possesses  him.  If  he  succeeds — in  propor- 
tion as  he  succeeds — his  own  personality,  his  own  identity, 
will  be  lost  in  that  which  it  has  created. 

But  if  this  must  in  the  nature  of  institutions  be  so,  it  is 
humanly  and  professionally  speaking  unfortunate:  for  it  de- 
prives the  community  and  the  profession  of  the  example 
and  the  stimulus  of  a  life  which  is  itself  a  lesson.  And  it 
must  be  a  deep  satisfaction  to  us  librarians,  that  in  gather- 
ing here  to  declare  the  future  of  this  institution  you  insist 
upon  recalling  and  paying  tribute  to  the  wise,  open,  gentle, 
persevering,  unselfish  spirit  whose  devotion  has  gone  into 
its  past. 


A     MEMORIAL     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

ADDRESS  MADE  BY  JOHN  F.  LEE,  ESQ., 
CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  BUILDING  COM- 
MITTEE, AT  THE  FORMAL  OPENING  OF 
THE  NEW  CENTRAL  BUILDING,  JAN.  6, 
1912. 


Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  The  eloquent 
and  well  deserved  tribute  our  Congressional  Librarian,  who 
may  justly  be  regarded  as  the  head  of  his  profession  in  this 
country,  has  paid  to  the  life  and  labors  of  Frederick  M. 
Crunden,  has  been  received  by  this  audience  with  hearty 
and  grateful  approval. 

This  is  not  the  occasion  to  speak  of  everything  that  Mr. 
Crunden  achieved,  or  to  attempt  a  full  appreciation  of  his 
life  and  lofty  character;  but  I  believe  it  is  eminently  proper 
that  one  who  for  years  was  the  daily  witness  of  his  life,  and 
his  labors — his  endeavors  to  give  to  the  city  all  the  benefits 
which  flow  from  a  well  conducted  library,  and  to  place  that 
library  in  a  suitable  building,  should  be  added  to  what  Mr. 
Putnam  has  so  well  said. 

Mr.  Crunden  was  appointed  Librarian  of  the  Public 
School  Library  of  this  city  in  1877.  That  library  had  few 
books  and  a  very  small  membership.  It  was  not  a  free  li- 
brary, for  it  charged  its  members  for  the  use  of  its  books, 
and  the  sums  so  received,  with  the  small  amount  paid  over 
to  it  from  time  to  time  from  the  public  school  fund,  con- 
stituted all  it  had  for  its  support. 

It  was  scarcely  a  library  in  more  than  the  name,  and  it 
was  not  a  public  library  at  all. 

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FREDERICK     MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

All  the  great  changes  which  have  since  taken  place  have 
followed  the  initiative  of  Mr.  Crunden. 

For  many  years  the  progress  was  slow;  at  times  it  halted 
altogether,  but  he  was  ideally  formed  for  the  task  which  he 
had  assumed.  He  was  capable  of  great  labor;  he  loved  his 
work  and  he  gave  himself  to  it  without  limit.  His  talents 
were  of  a  high  order  and  the  range  of  his  learning  was 
wide. 

His  nature  was  gentle  and  loving,  but  where  principle 
was  involved  he  was  inflexible.  He  had  no  rancor;  he  was 
not  embittered  by  opposition,  or  even  by  defeat,  but  he 
considered  defeat  only  as  another  reason  for  another  effort 
in   another  direction. 

So  deep  was  his  sincerity  and  so  strong  the  belief  he 
held  as  to  the  uses  of  a  public  library,  that  manj'  a  man  has 
been  led  to  his  support  because  of  his  sympathy  with  Mr. 
Crunden. 

When  he  began  his  library  work  it  was  not  the  senti- 
ment of  a  majority  of  our  citizens  that  a  library  filled  a 
public  want  or  met  a  public  duty.  He  set  himself  to  work 
to  build  up  the  sentiment  in  its  favor,  which  is  so  over- 
whelming today. 

He  started  the  project  of  divorcing  the  public  library 
from  the  public  school  and  giving  to  the  library  a  govern- 
ing board  of  its  own.  He  first  suggested  the  application  to 
Mr.  Carnegie,  which  resulted  in  that  philanthropist's  con- 
tributing nearly  one-third  of  the  cost  of  this  building,  and 
the  total  cost  of  all  of  our  branch  libraries  in  operation  to- 
day. He  first  advocated  the  levj'ing  of  the  ta.\  by  which 
St.  Louis  now  supports  her  libraries,  and  when  the  site  upon 
which  we  now  are  was  covered  with  the  Exposition  Build- 
ing, then  successfully  conducted,  he  announced  this  as  the 
place  where  at  some  future  day  this  great  Central  Library 
building  would  be  placed. 

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A     MEMORIAL     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

In  fact,  during  the  more  than  thirty-two  years  for  which 
he  was  librarian,  he  was  the  life,  the  soul  and  center  of 
every  great  advance  it  made. 

When  the  time  came  to  prepare  for  the  erection  of  this 
building  and  to  determine  what  it  ought  to  be,  the  board 
applied  to  him  to  report  as  to  the  Library's  requirements. 
His  report  was   submitted  and  accepted. 

Very  shortly  after,  Mr.  Crunden's  illness  came  upon  him 
and  for  a  time  the  light  of  his  mind  went  out. 

Then  a  3'ear  passed  during  which  arrangements  were  per- 
fected for  the  competition  among  the  architects,  plans  were 
handed  in  and  the  time  to  choose  between  the  plans  arrived. 
The  nature  of  his  illness  had  baffled  the  skill  of  the  ablest 
physicians,  and  none  of  them  had  held  out  any  hope  that 
his  condition  would  ever  be  better  than  it  was.  Yet,  as 
the  time  for  deciding  upon  the  plans  arrived,  he  grew 
stronger,  his  mind  cleared,  and  upon  the  day  the  award  was 
to  be  made,  he  came  back  to  his  old  office,  his  intellect  as 
clear  as  ever  it  had  been. 

I  shall  never  forget  the  eager  interest  with  which  he 
went  from  plan  to  plan  as  the  plans  hung  upon  the  wall, 
and  when  he  came  to  that  in  which  the  genius  of  Cass  Gil- 
bert had  realized  more  than  his  fondest  hopes,  he  gazed 
upon  it  with  face  enraptured.  A  few  days  later  he  left  the 
city  for  the  summer  and  later  we  were  told  that  he  was  not 
so  well.  The  illness  came  upon  him  again;  the  darkness 
descended,  and  for  nearly  three  years  his  mind  was  a  blank. 

This  building  at  that  time  had  been  completed  save  for  a 
few  points  of  interior  finish,  when  it  was  announced  that 
Mr.  Crunden  was  growing  better  a  second  time.  Again  the 
cloud  lifted  and  he  was  able   to  appreciate  what  had    been 

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done  during  his  illness  and  to  rejoice  at  it,  for  he  saw  that 
St.  Louis  had  a  great  library  building,  with  six  branches 
scattered  over  the  city,  supported  by  an  ample  tax. 

In  other  words,  the  dream  that  he  had  dreamed  more 
than  a  third  of  a  century  had  come  at  last. 

It  was  not  ordained  that  he  should  enter  into  the  prom- 
ised land.  He  was  never  within  these  walls.  He  was  called 
to  his  reward  when  his  work  was  done,  but  he  fell  in  the 
hour  of  victory. 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Library,  sharing  the  senti- 
ment of  the  people  of  St.  Louis  in  regard  to  his  services, 
has  placed  over  the  door  of  this  building,  carved  in  imper- 
ishable granite  above  his  name,  words  from  his  writings 
expressing  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  erected — not  only 
for  the  beauty  of  the  language,  not  only  for  the  truth  which 
it  expressed,  but  also  that  it  should  for  ages  to  come  be,  as 
far  as  is  permitted,  his  monument — memorial  of  his  love 
and  services  for  his  fellow  men. 


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A     MEMORIAL     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

CONTRIBUTED     TO      PUBLIC      LIBRARIES, 
MARCH,  1910,  PAGE  105. 

O  friend  of  many  dear  remembered  hours, 
Rich  with  a  rare  simplicity  whose  powers 
Strengthened  your  days  for  deeds  of  noble  use; 
Would  that  your  journey  to  the  other  life 
Unmixed  with  pain,  unmarred  of  mental   strife, 
Were   rid  of  this  sad  lingering  abuse. 
Loved  by  a  people  for  the  work  you've  done, 
Honored  and  praised  for   signal  victory  won, 
Oh!  gentlest,  kindest,  tenderest  and  best, 
Thy  memory  will  live  on  in  every  heart 
That  knew  your  virtues  and  the  noble  part 
That  marked  your  service  clear  above  the  rest. 
When,  in  the  dawning  of  another  life 
You  have  forgot  the  cloud,  the  pain,  the  strife. 
Heaven  will  make  plain  the  meaning  of  this  test. 

W.  M.   Chauvenet. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November,  1909. 


AN  ANNOTATED  LIST 

OF  MR.  CRUNDEN'S 

ADDRESSES  AND  PAPERS 


THE 


FUNCTION  OF  A  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


VALUE  TO  A  COMMUNITY. 


A  PAPER  READ  BEFORE  "THE  ROUND  TABLE, 

AT  ST.  LOUIS  CLUB,  SATURDAY,  NOV.  8.  1SS4. 


BY 

FREDERICK   M.  CRUNDEN. 


ST.  LOUIS: 

XIXON  JONES  PRINTING  CO. 

1884. 


Reduced  fac-simile  of  the   title-page  of  the  paper  described  on  page  37. 


ADDRESSES  AND  PAPERS  IN  SEPARATE 
FORM. 

1884. 

Function  op  a  public  library  and  its  value  to  a 
community;  paper  read  before  the  Round 
Table  at  St.  Louis  Club,  Nov.  8,  1884. 

Treats  the  subject  under  the  following  heads: 

The  Inception  of  the  Modern  Free  Public  Library  Move- 
ment; What  is  the  Function  of  a  Public  Library  and  of 
what  Value  is  it  to  a  Community?;  The  Results  of  Indus- 
trial Education:  An  Admirable  School  of  Manners.  Mr. 
Crunden  states  in  this  address  that  when  he  began  to  write 
it  he  still  believed  that  a  fee  should  be  required  of  library- 
users  "as  an  evidence  of  serious  purpose",  but  that  before 
he  had  finished  it,  he  saw  clearly  that  the  free  public  li- 
brary is  the  only  form  in  which  the  institution  "can  real- 
ize its  potentialities." 

This  address  includes  the  substance  of  the  words  that 
have  been  carved  on  the  pediment  of  the  new  Central  Li- 
brary Building  at  St.  Louis.     They  read  here: — 

"Recorded  thought  is  our  chief  heritage  from  the  past, 
and  the  most  lasting  legacy  we  can  leave  to  the  future. 
Books  are  the  most  enduring  monuments  of  man's  achieve- 
ments; through  them  alone  we  know  the  lives  and  labors  of 
our  forefathers;  through  them  alone  can  we  transmit  to  future 
ages  the  activities  of  to-day;  only  through  them  can  civiliza- 
tion become  cumulative. 

The  passage  has  been  condensed  for    use    in    the    inscrip- 

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tion   by  omitting   the     italicized     words     and     substituting 
"books"  for  "them"  in  the  last  line. 

1893. 

The    FREE    PUBLIC    LIBRARY,    ITS    USES   AND   VALUE;    A 
PAPER  READ  BEFORE  THE  ST.  LoUIS  COMMERCIAL 

Club,  Feb.  18th,  1893. 

Reprint   from   The  Western  Daily  Mercury,  May   22A,   1893,   giving  notes 
on  the  above  speech  with  extracts. 

Historical  sketch  of  libraries  with  an  appreciation  of  their 
value  to  the  community,  together  with  facts  concerning  the 
St.  Louis  Public  Library  and  arguments  for  making  it  en- 
tirely free.  Urges  that  the  influence  and  co-operation  of 
the  Club  be  exerted  to  this  end.  "In  one  respect  St.  Louis 
.  .  .  is  burdened  with  a  serious  drawback  to  her  rating 
among  the  great  cities  of  the  Union."  Largely  as  a  result 
of  Mr.  Crunden's  efforts,  as  shown  in  such  addresses  as 
this,  the  Library  was  made  free  and  the  "serious  draw- 
back" thereby  removed,  in  1893. 

1896. 

Philosophy  of  the  single  tax  ;   objections    an- 
swered. 

Reprinted    from    The   New   Christian    Quarterly,   Jan.,    1896. 

A  reply  to  an  article  in  The  Presbyterian  Quarterly  entitled 
"The  Single  Tax  on  Land"  by  Rev.  Dr.  Quarles.  Asserts 
that  this  author  "misconceives  and  misstates  the  tlicory  of 
the  single  tax,"  and  advocates  that  theory  as  generally  up- 
held. 

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A     MEMORIAL     BIBLIOGRAPHY 
1897. 

What  of  the  future?;-  address  delivered  at  a 
public  meeting  oe  the  american  library 
Association,  June  22,  1897. 

Reprinted  from  Proceedings  of  the  A.  L.  A.,  June  21-25,   1897. 

Asserts  that  society  makes  progress  both  by  the  path  of 
individualism  and  by  that  of  collectivism,  which  "run  par- 
allel." Urges  thoughtful  study  of  social  problems,  and 
predicts  that  the  public  library  is  destined  to  play  an  im- 
portant part  in  their  solution. 

1897. 
Books  and  text-books  :  the  library  as  a  eactor 

IN  education  ;  A  PAPER  read  BEFORE  THE  IN- 
TERNATIONAL Library  Conference,  Lond., 
1897. 

Also  read  before  the  Normal  School,  Emporia,  Kan.,  Nov.  5,  1903,  with 
introduction. 

Reprinted  from  St.  Louis  Public  Library  Magazine,  Dec.   1897. 
Also    I    typewritten    copy. 

Discusses  the  meaning  of  "success,''  the  possibility  of 
"complete  living"  and  the  contribution  of  education  to  the 
possibility  of  both.  The  respective  values  of  the  formal 
and  accidental  elements  of  education  are  compared  and  the 
latter  is  emphasized,  thus  exalting  "books"  above  "text- 
books." Quotations  from  Sir  John  Lubbock,  Prof.  Mac- 
kenzie, Edward  Thring  and  others  support  this  view.  The 
article  concludes  with  a  plea  for  the  Library  as  the  "Peo- 
ple's University". 

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1900-1901. 
How  THINGS  ARE  DONE  IN   ONE  AMERICAN   LIBRARY. 

Reprinted  from  The  Library,  ser.  2,  v.  I,  1900,  pages  92-100,  147-152, 
290-298,    384-406,    V.    2,    1901,    Pages   20-43. 

A  series  of  articles  describing  in  some  detail,  the  work 
of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Library.  The  installments  are  en- 
titled    L     The  New  Novel  Problem  and  its  Solution. 

n.     Board  and   Staff  Organization   and   Finances. 
IIL     Selection,  Purchase  and  Cataloguing  of  Books. 
IV.     Registration   and    Circulation. 
V.     Juvenile   Department;   Reference   and   Art    Room; 
Reading   Room;   Delivery   Stations   and   Depositories;   Bind- 
ing; Books  withdrawn  from  Circulation;   Taking  the  Inven- 
tory; Exchanges  and  Donations;  Pamphlets;  Reading  Lists, 
General  and  Special;  A  Solution  for  a  Vexing  Problem;  To 
What  End? 

1900. 
Libraries  as  a  source  of  inspiration. 

Delivered  at  the  38th  University  Convocation  of  the  State  of  N.  Y., 
June  26,   1900. 

Printed  in  the  Regents'  Bulletin  of  the  Univ.  of  the  State  of  N.  Y., 
No.  51,   October,   1900. 

I  printed  single  copy. 

Urges  the  value  of  a  taste  for  good  reading  in  elementary 
education  and  quotes  at  some  length,  in  support  of  this 
view,  from  an  address  by  President  Eliot.  Uses  some  of 
the  material  given  in  the  Round  Table  address  (see  above) 
including  the  passage  quoted  as  the  source  of  the  pediment 
inscription. 

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A     MEMORIAIv     BIBUOGRAPHY 

1901. 

The;  school  and  the  library;  The  value  oE  liter- 
ature IN  EARLY  EDUCATION. 

Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  National  Educational  Associa- 
tion, igoi. 

A  presentation  of  the  value  of  literature  in  education  and 
the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  co-operation  of  school 
and  library.  Describes  what  has  been  done  in  St.  Louis 
toward  this  end  and  quotes  answers  to  a  set  of  questions  re- 
garding its  value,  sent  out  to  teachers  in  the  schools  of 
that  city. 

1902. 

Address  [at  laying  oe  the  corner-stone  oe  the 
library  building,  washington  university, 
St.  Louis,  Aug.  30,  1902.] 

Discusses  the  "reciprocal  benefits  gained"  by  the  "union 
of  forces  between  University  and  Exposition,"  in  the  erec- 
tion of  a  building  to  serve  the  purposes  of  both.  "One  is 
to  spread  the  name  and  fame  of  St.  Louis  throughout  the 
civilized  world:  the  other  will  stand  for  all  time  as  evidence 
of  the  fact  that  citizens  of  St.  Louis  have  higher  aims  than 
the  acquisition   of   wealth  and   the  enjoyment  of  luxury." 

1903. 

The  public  LIBRARY  A  PAYING  INVESTMENT. 
Article   in   The   Outlook,   v.   73,   No.  9,   February   28,    1903,   Pages  494-499. 

Gives  samples  of  replies  returned  by  school  principals  to 

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three  questions  asked  regarding  the  results  of  the  use  of 
sets  of  books  (30  titles  each)  sent  for  supplementary  read- 
ing by  the  St.  Louis  Public  Library.  Recapitulates  the 
benefits  of  a  public  library  and  quotes  Andrew  Carnegie, 
President  Harper,  James  Sully,  William  T.  Harris,  Pres- 
ident Eliot,  G.  Stanley  Hall  and  Wm.  E.  Channing.  As- 
serts that  "there  is  no  institution  so  intimately,  so  univer- 
sally, so  constantly  connected  with  the  life  of  the  people  as 
the  free  public  library." 

1903. 

The  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition. 

Article  printed  in  The  American  Review  of  Reviews,  May,  1903,  v.  27, 
No.    s. 

Also   I   typewritten   copy. 

A  prospectus  of  the  exposition,  telling  visitors  what  they 
had  before  them.  Its  terms  must  have  seemed  somewhat 
extravagant  at  the  time,  but  they  were  justified  by  the  event 
and  read  soberly  enough  now. 

1904. 
The  library  :  a  plEa  for  its  recognition. 

Chairman's  address  delivered  at  Library  Section  of  International  Con- 
gress of  Arts  and  Sciences,  St.  Louis,  Sept.  22,  1904.  Printed  in 
The   Library   Journal,    v.    20,    No.    12,    Dec,    1904. 

Also   I   typewritten   copy. 

All  human  progress  depends  on  education,  and  the  library 
is  an  essential  factor  in  every  grade.  Takes  up  the  func- 
tion of  the  library  respectively  in  University,  secondary 
and  elementary  education,  and  as  a  People's  Ihiivcrsity; 
and  summarizes  these  in  conclusion,  in  ten  numbered  para- 
graphs. 

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1905. 

The  public  library  as   a   factor   in   industrial 
progress, 

Article  printed  in  The  Exponent,  v.  2,  No.  2,  Nov.,  1905,  pages  8-9.  Con- 
tains   portrait. 

Also  printed  in  The  Library,  new  ser.,  v.  7,  Oct.,  1906,  pages  384-396. 

Includes  a  list  of  books  on  the  productive  and  mechanic 
arts  added  to  the  St.  Louis  Public  Library  during  three 
years  previous,  with  the  number  of  times  each  was  issued 
in  a  specified  period.  Summarizes  under  seven  heads  "what 
a  public  library  does  for  the  community  that  supports  it" 
and  asserts  that  it  "includes  potentially  all  other  means  of 
social  amelioration." 

1906. 

The  public  library  as  a>  factor  in  civic  improve- 
ment. 

Article  printed  in  The  Chautauquan,  v.  43,  No.  4,  June  1906,  pages  335- 
344- 
2  typewritten  copies. 

Gives  a  striking  pen  picture  of  the  appearance  and  activ- 
ities of  the  ideal  public  library,  drawn  evidently  from  the 
writer's  hopes  and  ideas  regarding  the  new  St.  Louis  build- 
ing and  corresponding  in  many  respects  with  its  realiza- 
tion. Sketches  the  civic  service  that  a  library  may  render 
by  fostering  general  education,  love  for  beauty,  and  the 
creation  of  healthy  public  sentiment.  It  is  asserted  that 
the  library  is  an  important  factor  in  civic  improvement  be- 
cause "it  represents  not  the  repressive  or  coercive  side  of 
government  but  the  educative,  the  beneficent,  the  philan- 
thropic function  of  community  life." 

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LIST  OF  ARTICLES   CONTRIBUTED  TO 
PERIODICALS. 

1879. 

A  self-supporting  collection  of  duplicate  books  in  demand. 
Library  Journal.     4:10-11.     Jan.,  1S79. 

The  first  description  of  the  so-called  pay-duplicate  sys- 
tem in  public  libraries,  often  called,  from  its  place  of 
origin,  "the  St.  Louis  plan." 

1880. 

Duplicates.     Library    Journal.     5:276-277.     Sept. -Oct.,     1880. 

A  letter  to  the  editor  concerning  a  clearing-house  for 
duplicates. 

1886. 

Report  on  aids  and  guides.  Library  Journal.  11:309-330. 
Aug.-Sept.,   1886. 

Read  at  the  Milwaukee  Conference  of  the  A.  L.  A.,  1886. 
Embodies  returns  from  108  libraries,  covering  the  period 
from  August,  1883  to  June  1885. 

1886. 

Some  thoughts  on  classification;  [a  poem.].  Library 
Journal.     11:418.     Oct.,    1886. 

Written  to  the  tune  of  the  Lord  Chancellor's  song  in 
Sullivan's  "lolanthe". 

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A     MEMORIAL,     BIBUOGRAPHY 

1886. 

[European  library  contrivances;  a  letter  to  the  ed.]  Li- 
brary Journal.     11:454-555.     Nov.,  1886. 

1887. 

Business  methods  in  library  management.  Library  Jour- 
nal.    12:335-338.     Sept.-Oct.,    1887. 

Read  at  the  Thousand  Islands  Conference  of  the  A.  L. 
A.,  in  1887.  "The  duties  of  a  chief  executive  of  a  library 
differ  in  no  essential  from  those  of  a  manager  of  a  stock 
company  carrying  on  a  commercial  enterprise." 

1888. 

Issue  of  fiction,  Jan.-Feb.,  1888.  Library  Journal.  13:91. 
Mar.-Apr.,  1888. 

Two  lists,  with  brief  comment,  showing  the  issue  of  pop- 
ular novels  in  the  St.  Louis  Public  School  Library. 

1888. 

Reading  by  school  children  and  college  students.  Li- 
brary Journal.     13:89.     Mar.-Apr.,   1888. 

Brief  remarks  before  the  Study  Committee  of  the  St. 
Louis  School  Board. 

1889. 

Report  on  periodicals.  Library  Journal.  14:254-256.  May- 
June,   1889. 

Statistics  from  92  libraries,  regarding  the  circulation  and 
reference  use  of  magazines,  both  single  copies  and  bound 
volumes. 

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I^REDERICK     MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

1889. 

The   Public   Library.     5"/.   Louis  Rcpuhlic.     Oct.  28,   1899. 

Reprinted  in  the  Library  Journal     14:481-482.  Dec,   1889. 
Interview  giving  reasons  for  making  the  Library  free. 

1890. 

The  value  of  a  free  library.  Library  Journal.  15:79-81. 
March,  1890. 

Excerpt  from  the  Annual  Report,   1889. 

1890. 

The  library  as  a  factor  in  the  intellectual  life  of  St.  Louis. 
Library  Journal.     15:138-139.     May,   1890. 
Excerpt  from  the  Annual  Report,  1889. 

1890. 
Library   reports.     Library   Journal.     15:198-200.     July,   1890. 
A  plea   for  the  standardization   of  statistics  and  their  ar- 
rangement. 

1890. 

Address  of  the  president,  F.  M.  Crunden,  [at  the  A.  L.  A., 
Conference,  Fabyans,  N.  H.,  1890.]  Library  Journal.  15: 
Cl-5.     Dec,   1890. 

Largely  a  discussion  of  the  Association  itself — its  aims, 
its  administration  and  its  future. 

1891. 

The  humor  of  book  titles.  Library  Journal.  16:75  March, 
1891. 

Mistakes  ni.ide  in  tlie  titles  of  books,  noted  in  libraries 
and  book  stores. 

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A     MEMORIAL     BIBUOGRAPHY 

1891. 

The  most  popular  books.  Library  Journal.  16:277-278. 
Sept.,  1891. 

An  interview  in  which  special  emphasis  is  laid  on  changes 
in  the  popular  taste  or  interest  since  1882. 


1892. 

[Argument  for  making  the  St.  L.  P.  L.  a  free  library.] 
Library  Journal.     17:108.     March,  1892. 

Abstract  of  meeting  of  the  St.  Louis  Board  of  Education, 
Feb.  9,  1892,  at  which  the  proposal  to  make  the  Public  Li- 
brary free  was  put  forward;  including  a  plea  in  favor  of  the 
plan  by  the  Librarian. 

1892. 

Increase    of    dues    [to     the     A.     L.     A.]     Library   Journal. 
17:C37.     Aug.,    1892. 
Discussion  at  the  Lakewood  Conference. 


1892. 

Library  progress.     Library  Journal.     17:C43.     Aug.,  1892. 
Impromptu  remarks   at   the   Lakewood    Conference;    per- 
sonal experiences  and  illustrative  anecdotes. 


1893. 

Executive  department,  general  supervision,  including 
buildings,  finances,  etc.,  [of  libraries.]  Library  Journal.  18: 
232-234.     July,   1893. 

Abstract   of   a   paper   read    at    the    Chicago    Conference   of 

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FREDERICK    MORGAN    CRUNDEN 

1803.     "The    executive    department    necessarily   includes,    to 
some  extent,   all  points  of  library  management." 

1893. 

Closing   a  library   for   stock-taking.     Library  Journal.     18: 
C37-38.     Sept.,    1893. 
Discussion  at  the  Chicago  meeting  of  the  A.  L.  A. 

1893. 

[The     librarian     and     the     teacher.]     Library    Journal.     18: 
C36-37.     Sept.,    1893. 
Discussion  at  the  Chicago  meeting  of  the  A.  L.  A. 

1894. 

The  librarian  as  administrator.  Library  Journal.  19:44-47. 
Feb.,  1894. 

Read  at  the  Congress  of  Librarians,  Chicago,  July  12, 
1893.  Advocates  the  keeping  in  touch,  by  a  librarian,  with 
the  activities  of  his  community. 

1894. 

The  outcome  of  a  course  in  economics  given  in  the  St. 
Louis  Public   Library.     Library  Journal.     19:Cl50.  Dec.    1894. 

Part  of  a  discussion  at  the  Lake  Placid  Conference  on 
"Public  Libraries  and  University  Extension." 

1894. 

Poole  memorial  fuml.  Library  Journal.  10:Cl72.  Dec, 
1894. 

Report  of  a  committee  at  the  Lake  Placid  Conference. 

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A  MEMORIAL  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

1894. 

Selection  of  books.  Library  Journal.  19:C41-42.  Dec, 
1894. 

Describes  the  methods  used  by  the  writer  in  the  St. 
Louis  Public   Library. 

1894. 

Supplying  of  current  daily  newspapers  in  free  library  read- 
ing-rooms.    Library  Journal.     19:C46-47.     Dec,  1894. 

Objects  to  expending  large  sums  for  newspapers,  but  ap- 
proves the  preservation,  by  binding,  of  selected  journals. 

1896. 

A.  L.  A.  catalog  supplement:  Sociology.  Library  Journal. 
21:C134-135.     Dec,  1896. 

Part  of  a  discussion,  at  the  Cleveland  Conference,  of  the 
books  to  be  included  in  the  first  A.  L.  A.  Catalogue  supple- 
ment. 

1896. 

The    functions    of   library    trustees    and   their   relations    to 
librarians.     Library    Journal.     21:C32-37.     Dec,    1896. 
Same.    Public  Libraries.     Oct.,  1896. 
Claims   large  liberty  for  the  librarian. 

1897. 

Work  between  libraries  and  schools:  at  St.  Louis.  Li- 
brary Journal.     22:182.     April,   1897. 

Part  of  a  symposium  in  which  the  libraries  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  Cleveland,  O.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
and  Springfield,  Mass.,  also  took  part. 

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FREDERICK  MORGAN  CRUNDEN 

1898. 

The  endowed  newspaper  as  an  educational  institution. 
Library  Journal.     23:Cl47.     July,   1898. 

Abstract  of  a  paper  read  at  the  Chautauqua  Conference 
of  the  A.  L.  A.,  1898. 

1898. 

Special  training  for  children's  librarians.  Library  Jour- 
nal.    23:C82.     July,   1898. 

Second  part  of  a  discussion  at  the  Chautauqua  Confer- 
ence of  the  A.  L.  A.,  opened  by  Miss  Annie  Carroll  Moore. 

1898. 

[Library  work  with  schools]  JAbrary  Journal  23:Cl59- 
161.     1898. 

Discussion  at  the  Chautauciua  Conference. 

1899. 

Exclusion    of    badly    made   books.     Library  Journal.     24:98. 
March,   1899. 
A  letter  to  the  editor  describing  procedure  in  St.  Louis. 

1899. 

Discussion  of  open   shelves   in   the   light   of  actual   experi- 
ence.    Library    Journal.     24:Cl39.     July,    1899. 
Given  at  the  Atlanta  Conference  of  the  A.  L.  A. 

1899. 

Library   stations.     Library  Journal.     24:Cl.'j3.     July,   1899. 
A   brief   outline    of    the    Delivery     Station     system     in     St. 
Louis;  given  at  the  Atlanta  Conference  of  the  A.   L.  A. 

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1900. 

Typewriters  in  libraries,    [a  letter  to  the  editor.]     Library 
Journal.     25:158.     Ap.,    1900. 


1900. 

[Open    shelves.]     Library    Journal.     25:Cl53.     Aug.,    1900. 
Discussion    at    the    Montreal    Conference,    turning    largely 
on  the  question,  "Do  children  steal  books?" 


1901. 

What  is  the  public  library  for?  The  Library,  January, 
1901;  Copied  in  Library  Journal.    2G:141.     March,  1901. 

Concludes  that  the  aim  of  the  library  is  to  piomote  civ- 
ilization  through   popular   education. 

1901. 

[Authorship    of    Father    Tom     and     the     Pope.]     Library 
Journal.     26:236.     April,   1901. 
A  brief  letter  to  the  editor. 


1901. 

The  national  library,  its  work  and  functions.  Library 
Journal.     26:852.     Dec,    1901. 

Part  of  a  symposium  in  whicli  Messrs.  E.  H.  Anderson, 
Johnson  Brigham,  Melvil  Dewey,  H.  L.  Elmendorf,  W.  I. 
Fletcher,  W.  E.  Foster,  S.  S.  Green,  W.  E.  Henry,  R.  G. 
Thwaites,  C.  W.  Andrews  and  others  also  took  part. 

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F'REDERICK  MORGAN  CRUNDEN 

1903. 

Duplicate  pay  collections  of  popular  books.  Library 
Journal.     28:Cl57.     July,    1903. 

Discussion,  at  the  Niagara  Conference  of  the  A.  L.  A.,  in 
which  Melvil  Dewey,  B.  C.  Steiner,  A.  E.  Bostwick,  J.  C. 
Dana  and  H.  G.  Wadlin  also  took  part. 

1904. 

What  some  libraries  are  doing  for  the  blind:  St.  Louis 
Public   Library.     Public  Libraries.     Ap.,   1904. 

1904. 

[Address  of  welcome  to  the  A.  L.  A.  at  the  St.  Louis 
Conference.]     Library  Journal     29:Cl89-190.     Dec,    1904. 

1904. 

David  Rowland  Francis.  Reviczv  of  Rcvinvs,  Amer.  ed. 
30:681-083.     Dec,   1904. 

A  biographical  sketch  in  a  group  entitled  "Four  Men  of 
the  Month." 

1904. 

[Farewell  remarks  to  the  A.  L.  A.  at  the  St.  Louis  Con- 
ference.]    Library   Journal     29:C246.     Dec,    1904. 

1904. 

Report  of  committee  on  A.  L.  A.,  exhibit  [at  St.  Louis 
conference]    Library    Journal.    29:C23r)-236.     Dec.   1904. 

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1905. 

The  public  library  and  allied  agencies.  Library  Journal. 
30:471-472.     Aug.,   1905. 

Part  of  a  symposium  in  which  a  large  number  of  libra- 
ries  describe   their  extension  work. 


1905. 

The  question  of  library  training.  Library  Journal.  30: 
C168-171,     Sept.,    1905. 

Strongly  commends  library-school  training.  Part  of  a 
discussion  in  which  F.  P.  Hill,  M.  E.  Ahern,  S.  S.  Green 
T.  Hitchler,  Melvil  Dewey,  Herbert  Putnam,  C.  W.  An- 
drews and  others  also  took  part. 


1906. 

Proposed  prohibition  of  importation  of  copyright  books. 
Library  Journal.     31:69.     Feb.,  1906. 

Mr.  Crunden's  contribution  to  a  collection  of  statements 
made  by  various  librarians  regarding  action  taken  by  the 
Authors'  Copyright  League  advocating  restriction  of  im- 
portation of  copyright  books  by  libraries. 


1906. 

Copyright   amendment.     Public  Libraries. 
Extract  from  a  personal  letter. 


Ap.,   1906. 


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MANUSCRIPTS. 
1895. 

A  SKETCH  OE  THE  LIFE  AND  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  BEN- 
JAMIN Franklin  and  a  summary  of  his  char- 
acter; North  St.  Louis  series  of  popular 
LECTURES,  Nov.  19,  1895. 

I  typewritten  copy. 

Dwells  particularly  on  Franklin's  agencj*  in  providing  li- 
brary facilities  for  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 

1897. 

The  PUBLIC  library;  what  it  is  and  what  IT 
ought  to  be. 

I  typewritten  copy. 

Evidently  a  St.  Louis  address.  Describes  the  St.  Louis 
Public  Library  and  its  work  and  tells  what  might  be  done 
in  the  way  of  extension  or  improvement  with  more  monej'. 
Date  evidently  1897  as  the  last  Boston  report  is  described 
as  "issued  nine  months  after  the  occupancy  of  the  new 
building." 

1898. 

Our  Public  Lihrarv;  what  it  is  doing  and  what 
IT  can  do  for  St.  Louis. 

Delivered  at  Slianrc  Emcth,   Sunday,  Nov.   13,   1898. 
I  typewritten  copy. 
Begins    with    a    coninicnt    upon    the    recent    failure    of   the 

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city  to  vote  a  tax  for  a  library  building.  Goes  on  with  an 
attempt  to  show  how  greatly  a  building  is  needed  and  de- 
scribes in  some  detail  the  work  of  the  library  and  its  bene- 
fits to  the  community.  Ends  with  a  dissertation  on  the 
benefits  of  education  and  on  the  part  played  by  the  public 
library  in  an  adequate  system.     Ends  thus: — 

"But  all  this"  says  Gradgrind,  "would  cost  a  great  deal 
of  money."  "Yes,  education  is  very  expensive;  but  it  is 
vastly  less   expensive   than  ignorance." 

Perhaps  the  most  important  of  Mr.  Crunden's  unpub- 
lished addresses. 

1902. 

Notes  for  a  tai,k  on  [Ouver  Wendei/L]  Hoemes 
BEFORE  THE  Tuesday  Ceub  oe  Webster 
Groves,  Dec.  2,  1902. 

I  typewritten  copy. 

Partly  biographical  and  partly  critical.  Was  evidently 
supplemented  by  extemporaneous  passages. 


1903. 
[The  public  library  as  a  source  oe  inspiration.] 

Dedication  speech,  Marshalltown  Iowa  Public  Library,  1903.  Contained 
also  in  longer  speech  "Libraries  as  a  Source  of  Inspiration"  (1900). 
See    page    39. 

I  typewritten  copy. 

Uses  much  of  the  material  in  "Libraries  as  a  Source  of 
Inspiration,"  but  condenses  it  and  adds  new  material  to 
give  it  lightness   and  more  popular  form. 

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1904. 

[Speech  delivered  before  the  General  Feder- 
ation OF  Women's,  Clubs,  St.  Louis,  May 
1904.] 

I    typewritten   copy. 

Emphasizes  the  connection  between  the  library  and  the 
school  and  eulogizes  the  work  of  Travelling  Libraries. 
Mentions  the  unsuccessful  efforts  of  the  Missouri  Federa- 
tion to  establish  a  State  Library  Commission  in  1902  and 
the  projected  campaign  of  the  following  year  (which  was 
successful).  Is  evidently  intended  to  be  followed  by  the 
substance  of  the  Marshalltown  address  (see  above). 

1905. 
[Notes  for    speech    on    Why    ^Missouri    should 

HAVE   A    commission.] 

Notes  for  an  address  before  a  Legislative  committee  in 
advocacy  of  the  bill  establishing  a  State  Library  Commis- 
sion, St.  Louis,  May,  1905. 

States  well  the  functions  of  a  library  commission  and 
gives  the  argument  in  its  favor. 


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PRINTED  CATALOGUES  AND  SELECT  LISTS 

OF  BOOKS  EDITED  AND  IN  SOME 

CASES  COMPILED  BY  MR. 

CRUNDEN. 


List  of  books  in  the  Library  relating  to  the  science  and 
art  of  education,     n.  d. 

Reference  lists  for  readers  and  students.     1-7.     n.   d. 

Astronomy. — Buddhism. — French    history. —    Music. —    Re- 
naissance.— Training  of  children. — Travels. 


1876-1905. 

Reports  of  the  St.  Louis  Public    Library,    May  1,  1876 — 
Ap.  30,  1905. 


1879-1883. 

St.    Louis    Public    School    Library     bulletin;     with     notes, 
couises   of  reading,  etc.     1879 — 83. 


1880. 

Klassificirter  Katalog,  nebst  alphabetischem  Register    der 
deutschen  Werke.     Dec,  1880. 

59 


FREDERICK  MORGAN  CRUNDEN 

1884. 
Catalog  of  French  books.     [1884.] 

1884. 

Lists  of  the  best  novels,  English  and  foreign;  compiled 
by  F.  M.  Crunden;  together  with  lists  of  books  for  the 
young,   English  and   German.     [1884]. 

Reprinted  from  The  St.  Louis  Public  School  Library 
Bulletin.     No.  28.     Oct.-Dec,  1883. 

1885. 

Catalogue  of  the  books  in  the  Department  of  Medicine 
and  allied  sciences;  brought  down  to  Ap.  1,   1885. 

1897. 

Class  list  No.  1.     English  prose  fiction.     1897. 

1897-1898. 

St.  Louis  Public  Library  magazine.  V.  4-5.  Ap.,  1897 — 
Nov.,  1898. 

1898. 
Class  list  No.  2.     German   prose   fiction.     1898. 

1903. 

Revised   and  enlarged.     1903. 

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INDEX 


INDEX 


A.  L.  A.  catalog  supplement;  a  discussion 51 

American    Library   Association;     address    at    public 

meeting    39 

Address  of  welcome  at  St.  Louis   Conference. .  .54 

Farewell  address  at  St.  Louis  Conference 54 

—  Increase  of  dues   to   47 

■  —  President's    address    46 

Report  on  exhibit  at  St.  Louis  Conference 54 

Resolution  of    10 

■ —  Mr.    Crunden's    services    to 11 

American   Library   Institute    15,  21 

Annual   reports,    Excerpts   from    45,46 

Articles  by  Mr.   Crunden,   List  of 44 

Bibliography     , 33 

Biographical    sketches    10,  14,  19,  20,  27 

Birth   and   parentage    14 

Blind,  What  some  libraries  are  doing  for  the 54 

Books   and  text  books;  The  library  as  a  factor  in 

education;    London   conference  address 39 

Bostwick,    Arthur    E 14 

Business  methods  in  library  management;  A.  L.  A. 

paper     45 

Catalogues  edited   or  compiled  by  F.  M.  Crunden 59 

Carnegie,   Andrew    22 

Quoted    42 

Channing,   W.    E. ;   quoted 42 

Chautauquan,   Reprint   from    43 

Chauvenet,  Wm.    M.,  Verses   by 31 

Children's  librarians,  Special  training  for;  an  A.   L. 

A.    discussion    52 

Classification,   Some  thoughts  on    (poem) 44 

Closing  a  library  for  stocktaking;  paper  at  A.   L.  A 48 

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Commercial  Club  address  38 

Contents      3 

Copyright    amendment;    a    letter 55 

—  Books,   Proposed  prohibition  of  importation  of 55 

Course  in  economics  in  St.  Louis  Public  Library;  a 

discussion     48 

Crunden   Branch  library   24 

Current    daily   newspapers 51 

Delivery  Stations;   an   A.   L.   A.   paper 52 

Dewey,   Melvil;   letter  to  Public  Libraries 24 

■ Tribute    in   Library   Journal 22 

Directors   of  St.   Louis   Public   Library,   Resolution  of....   9 

Duplicates,    Clearing-house   for    44 

Eliot,   Chas.  W. ;  quoted    40 

Emporia,   Kan.,   Normal   School,   address   before 39 

European   library  contrivances;   a   letter 45 

Exclusion  of  badly  made  books;  a  letter 52 

Executive  Department  of  Libraries;  paper  at  A.  L.  A.... 47 

Exhibit  at  St.   Louis  A.  L.  A.  Conference;  report 54 

Exponent;    reprint    43 

"Father   Tom    and    the    Pope" 53 

Federation  of  Women's   Clubs,  Speech  before;   Ms 58 

Francis,    D.    R.;   bioj?raphical    sketch    of 54 

Franklin,    Benjamin;    sketch   of  his  life;   Ms 56 

Free   Public   Library,   its   uses   and   value;  paper  be- 
fore Commercial  Club    38 

Function  of  a   Public   Library;  "Round  Table"  address... 37 
Funeral,   Account   of    15 

Hall,   G.   Stanley;   quoted 42 

Harper,    Pres. ;    quoted 42 

Harris,  W.  T. ;  quoted    42 

Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell;   notes  for  a  talk  about;   Ms 57 

How    things    arc    done    in    one    American    library; 

scries   of   articles    40 

Humor  of  book-titles    46 

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INDEX 

Illustrations,   List  of    5 

Inscription   over  portal    16,  22,  30,  37 

— Illus 17 

International   Congress  of  1904;   Chairman's  address 42 

— •  Library    Conference    12 

Address    before    39 

Issue  of  fiction  (lists) 45 

Lee,  John  F.;  address  at  library  opening 27 

Letter  from  F.  M.  Crunden  to  Melvil  Dewey,  fac-simile.  .49 
Librarian  and  the  teacher;  discussion  at  A.  L.  A 48 

—  As  administrator;  paper  at  A.  L.  A 48 

Libraries  as  a  source  of  inspiration;  N.  Y.  Convoca- 
tion   address     40 

Library,   Reprints   from    40, 43 

Library,  a  plea  for  its  recognition;  Congress  of  Arts 

address     42 

—  As  a  factor  in  the  intellectual  life  of  St.  Louis 46 

—  Building.     St.   Louis    19 

Library   Journal,   Articles    in 44  ff 

Editorial     19 

Extract    14 

Reprint    42 

Library   plans    29 

—  Progress;    impromptu    remarks    47 

■ —  Reports    46 

—  Site,    selected    28 

■ —  Tax.  advocated    28 

—  Training;    a    discussion    55 

Lists  edited  or  compiled  by  F.  M.  Crunden 59 

Louisiana    Purchase    Exposition;    article 42 

Manuscripts     56 

Missouri   Historical   Society    15 

■ —  Library  Association    12 

Most   popular   books;    interview    47 

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National    Education    Association    21 

Reprint   from   Proceedings,   1901 41 

National  Library,  its  work  and  functions;  a  symposium.  .53 

Neiv   Christian   Quarterly;   reprint    38 

New  York  Library  Association   12 

—  University  Convocation,  Address  before  the 40 

Newspaper,   endowed,  as   an  educational  institution; 

an   A.   L.  A.   paper 52 

Open  Shelves;  an  A.  L.  A.  discussion 52,  53 

Our  Public  Library;  address  at  Shaare  Emeth;  Ms 56 

Outlook,  Reprint  from   41 

Pallbearers,  List  of   15 

Pay  Duplicate  Collections;  an  A.   L.  A.  discussion 54 

System     44 

Philosophy  of  the  Single  Tax;  objections  answered; 

article    38 

Poole  memorial  fund;  an  A.  L.  A.   report 48 

Preface    1 

Presbyterian    Quarterly    38 

President  of  A.  L.   A 12, 14 

Public  Libraries;   editorial    20 

Verses  contributed  by  Wm.  M.  Chauvenct   31 

Public  Library;  an  interview   46 

What  it  is  and  what  it  ought  to  be;  Ms 56 

A  paying  investment;   article 41 

And  allied  agencies;  symposium 55 

As  a  factor  in  civic  improvement;   article    43 

Industrial    progress;    article    43 

Source  of  inspiration;  dedication  speech, 

Marshalltown,   P.    L.,    Iowa;   Ms 57 

Public    School    Library    11, 27 

Putnam,  Herbert,   Extract  from  address  of 26 

Quarles,  Rev.  Dr 38 

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INDEX 

Reading  by  school  children;  remarks  before  School 

Board    45 

Regents'  Bulletin,  N.  Y.,  Reprint  from   40 

Report    on    periodicals    45 

Review  of  Reviews  (American),  Reprint  from.    42 

Round  Table  Club  address   22,  37 

St.  Louis  Conference  of  A.  L.  A.;  Addresses  of  wel- 
come  and   farewell    54 

Public     Library;      argument     before      School 

Board  for  making  it  free 47 

work  described   40 

St.  Louis  Public  Library  Magazine,  Reprint  from 39 

St.  Louis  Republic,   Interview   in 46 

School  and  the  library;  N.  E.  A.  address 41 

Schools,   Libraries  and;   a   symposium 51 

—  Library  work  with;  an  A.  L.  A.  discussion 52 

—  Work   with    41 

Selection    of    books    51 

Sully,  James;  quoted   42 

Taxation,   Commissioner  to  revise « 19 

Title-page   fac-simile    35 

Tributes  to  F.   M.   Crunden 7 

Trustees,    Functions    of    51 

Typewriters  in  Libraries;  a  letter 53 

Value  of  a  free  library 46 

Washington   University;   corner-stone   address 41 

Western  Daily  Mercury;  reprint  38 

What  is  the  public  library  for? 53 

What  of  the  future;  A.  L.  A.  address 39 

Why   Missouri   should   have    a    commission;    notes 

for  an  address ;  Ms 58 


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